Corporate Governance - Governance, Risk, and Compliance Topic for Oracle Applications - page 50

Accessing the Financial Planning and
Analysis tools
With the acquisition of Hyperion, Oracle acquired the leading financial planning
tool in the market, Hyperion FP . This tool was integrated in the field to the leading
Financial Management Applications.
The following screenshot is the homepage of the Enterprise Performance
Management ( EPM ) product:
Constructing Account Balance Data Cube
The planning and analysis environment within Hyperion is a dimensional design
optimized for rapid calculation and presentation along a number of dimensions. The
transactional model is closer to a normalized model. For example, the transactional
model might have a reporting calendar. A transaction has a General Ledger Posting
Date that links it to an accounting period in a calendar, which is the period in which
to update a balance. Any entity may be linked to any entity. There is no center.